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Showing 971980 of 7906 articles for Art. Décret 2024-152 – 28 Feb. 2024

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Special housing allowance for primary school teachers

Article L2573-53

…words: "une indemnité aux instituteurs non logés, dont les conditions d'attribution sont fixées par décret".III. - For the application of article L. 2334-29 :1° The second paragraph reads as follows:"…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Change of matrimonial property regime by application of a foreign law

Article 1303-5

…1303-4 or a certificate of registration in the annexed civil register referred to in article 4-1 du décret du 1er juin 1965 précité. If the marriage contract has been received by a French diplomatic o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Publicity and protection of the rights of third parties.

Article R229-8

…e. The price is set in accordance with the terms set out in articles 1843- 4 du code civil et 17 du décret n° 78- 704 du 3 juillet 1978 relatif à l' application de la loi n° 78- 9 du 4 janvier 1978 mo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Public interest groups (R)

Article D1115-5

…f texts relating to the economic and financial control of the State and, where applicable, those of décret n° 53-707 du 9 août 1953 relatif au contrôle de l'Etat sur les entreprises publiques national…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Economic aid (R)

Article R4253-4

…0-321 of 12 April 2000 on the rights of citizens in their relations with administrations and of the décret n° 2001-495 du 6 juin 2001pris pour son application, are attached to the deliberations awardi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Dissolution and transformation.

Article L5215-42

…nd obligations takes place, after the opinion of a commission composed as stated in article L. 5215-28. The community's personnel are allocated between the member municipalities or any of their cooper…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-18

The category A and B environmental inspectors referred to in article 28-3 are referred to as judicial environmental officers.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Tests of knowledge.

Article D4111-3

…f priority from among tenured teaching staff in general medicine governed by decree no. 2008-744 of 28 July 2008 laying down provisions relating to tenured and non-tenured university teaching staff in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board.

Article L2373-7

…employee participation is election, the procedure is carried out in accordance with Articles L. 225-28 to L. 225-34 and L. 225-80 of the Commercial Code, with the exception of the territoriality requi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Formation of the contract and compulsory information

Article L312-65

In addition to the compulsory information set out in article L. 312-28, the credit agreement stipulates that each instalment must include a minimum repayment of the capital borrowed, which varies acco…

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